Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-08-08, 11:38

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by chinny22

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Business laptops still have Ethernet, USB, video out (be it DP, HDMI, or VGA) anything else isn't guaranteed. I think even that is changing. A few years ago, Dell still had their own docking stations, that connected to a special bus at the base of the laptop. The docking stations would contain …

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-08-08, 09:58

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by chinny22

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[ah a good old I dont like change post ;) my 2 cents, but I'll come from a corporate IT angle to make it a bit different. Keyboard Yeh they suck, but so do most keyboards that ship with PC's these days, The most common "extras" users request is a mouse, then a keyboard, then a screen. Layout was …

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Re: Got 2 ISA Cards, What Now?

Posted on 2019-08-08, 08:33

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by chinny22

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Insert them into an isa slot? The AWE will definitely be picked up by Win98, probably the Aztech will as well. but think I need new glasses as the photo is blury as hell so cant make out model numbers

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Re: What are some games that had 3D accelerator support patched in after launch?

Posted on 2019-08-07, 11:48

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by chinny22

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3dfx patches https://soggi.org/misc/3dfx-voodoo-game-patches.htm

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Re: 3 (+3 more) retro battle stations

Posted on 2019-08-07, 11:42

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by chinny22

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Interesting reading for later, thanks 😀

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Re: My First Sleeper Build

Posted on 2019-08-07, 11:31

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by chinny22

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I have a floppy to USB adapter I bought on eBay for about $11. The adapter connects to the back of the floppy drive and has a standard USB-A output/input. I then bought a USB 2.0 header to two internal female USB-A connections. Then you just connect the two and it just works. Admittedly I hadn't …

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Re: Gateway 2000 P5-90 Restoration

Posted on 2019-08-07, 11:23

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by chinny22

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The "wave effect" on the left is pretty cool, and the duel 3.5 5.25 drive is desired round these parts and matches the slot CD drive well. Was never a fan of the "sideways" mounted 3.5 drives myself, but that's just personal taste. The "cartridge style" CF card option is underutilized I rekon …

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Re: Tualatin/GeForce 3 build

Posted on 2019-08-07, 09:47

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by chinny22

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an81 wrote: I feel, from my recent personal experience, that installing the unofficial service pack first, is the better course. Or not installing at all, even with all the updates installed its still over 10 years out of date. That case is pretty damn cool though.

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Re: 486 VLB/PCI Motherboard: Go VLB or PCI

Posted on 2019-08-07, 09:30

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by chinny22

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VLB gets around the ISA limitations which is why it's considered fast. But then so does PCI, and as a bonus you can run the next generation cards like the virge, Millennium, etc which are more Pentium era cards. Really though I'd say VESA compatibility is more important as 486 isn't going to push …

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Re: Retro game/storage/backup server for older systems

Posted on 2019-08-07, 09:14

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by chinny22

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- Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000 onward played well with the default domain controller security settings on Server 2003 R2, including the use of SMB packet signing. - Anything Windows 95 and older generally didn't work well, or at all: in some cases, username/SID translation didn't work (let everyone …

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Re: Pentium 233 MMX vs 200 MMX

Posted on 2019-08-06, 09:59

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by chinny22

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let's look at this the other way. System requirements for Heavy Metal FAKK2 P2 300, 64MB Ram, 16MB Video Quake 3 and Soldier of Fortune both want. P233Mhz, 64MB Ram, 8MB Video So you'll HAVE to run with everything turned off and it'll still lag at times. If you cant slow the P3 down enough for your …

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Re: [Build Log]: Dimension95 - A Retro DOS/95 Build & Project for Modern Internet Interactivity... and much more!

Posted on 2019-08-06, 09:33

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by chinny22

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I would have had to check out the PSP Games folder. Crap res "art video's" aren't worth time of day though

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Re: Gateway 2000 P5-90 Restoration

Posted on 2019-08-06, 09:23

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by chinny22

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I dont mind Gateway. At least in the Pentium to P3 era they used Intel boards and other hardware was OEM but mostly not crippled like Dell or non standard like Compaq. They make a good foundation to build a decent gaming rig off

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Re: Retro game/storage/backup server for older systems

Posted on 2019-08-06, 09:10

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by chinny22

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Pretty good start for when I finally get around to doing this. It's about mid way on my "todo" list below stuff I really want to do and stuff I know I will probably never do realistically. It is a pretty sexy setup once done right ;) Question, why do you have to to the security settings policy hack? …

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Re: What sort of PC is this

Posted on 2019-08-01, 14:15

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by chinny22

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That my question. What can you do with this? £5 sounds like a bargain and I'd love a Sun but I'd need to justify with myself a reason for having one on my retro network. Old Windows servers can act at DC's, and fun to play around with old versions of Exchange, etc. Not sure if Solaris has any …

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Re: Windows 8.1 installation/activation on a new pc

Posted on 2019-08-01, 09:39

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by chinny22

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Phone activation is pretty painless, I had to do it for a Win7 machine last month that hardware has changed enough to no longer work online. It's all automated and thats the 2nd or 3rd time I've done it

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Re: Gotek like Optical Driver Emulator - Is it possible?

Posted on 2019-08-01, 09:36

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by chinny22

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Yeh one of the main selling points of the Gotek is price, even over the Hxc drives. It's a good start though, it's proof of concept. IDE drives are still cheap enough to be throw away, but don't think that'll last much longer at which point something like this will go mainstream and costs will drop. …

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Re: Windows 8.1 installation/activation on a new pc

Posted on 2019-08-01, 09:06

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by chinny22

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8 isn't end of life yet so your fine. Even when it is, MS is pretty good at keeping activation servers going. Vista activated earlier this year, think XP may be broken now though. Technically Win10 upgrade ended in November 2017 but they haven't really locked it down. If MS ever audit you they can …

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Re: [Build Log]: Dimension95 - A Retro DOS/95 Build & Project for Modern Internet Interactivity... and much more!

Posted on 2019-07-31, 16:26

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by chinny22

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Not sure about a fan for the FDD, Part of me thinks anything to help reliability, on the other hand maybe the slightest breeze will create a bad sector 😜 But yeh, your builds are never fast but they are always well done and different.

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Re: American Megatrends 386

Posted on 2019-07-31, 15:35

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by chinny22

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Is this an ebay find or a find find? as its definitely awesome

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